Ember Oakley is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the

Wyoming House of Representatives The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming State Legislature. There are 62 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the Wyoming, st ...

from the 55th district. Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 4, 2021.

Early life and education

Oakley was born in

Rawlins, Wyoming Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,221 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County. It was named for Union General John Aaron Rawlins, who camped in the locality in 1867. Demograph ...

. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agribusiness from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, TA&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of ...

and a

Juris Doctor A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other j ...

from the

University of Wyoming College of Law A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...

Career

Since 2011, Oakley has worked as a prosecutor for the

Fremont County, Wyoming Fremont County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 39,234, making it the fifth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Lander, Wyoming, Lander. T ...

Attorney's Office. She was narrowly elected to the

in November 2020, defeating Libertarian candidate Bethany Baldes. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. In her attempt at re-election, Oakley was defeated in the 2024 primary election.

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Living people 21st-century members of the Wyoming Legislature People from Rawlins, Wyoming Texas A&M University alumni University of Wyoming College of Law alumni Wyoming lawyers Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives Women state legislators in Wyoming 21st-century American women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Wyoming-politician-stub